fun with blog design

The concept behind the header is, if all else fails, there will always be a nice image at the top of the page.

early Gs,
production (left) & rendering (right)

Here are details from 2 previous headers. I wanted something that a viewer can get lost in for a few seconds, hence the new one.

design

This was the color design of the new header, which doubled as a modeling guide within Maya. (This design had vegetation roots poking out underneath, which were later abandoned.) Below are some of the production stages.

 lighting and ground surfaces

words

grasses (production view)

detail, final render (left) and post-process (right)

Here's a detail of the completed rendering. The full rendering is at the top of this page (unless replaced in the mysterious future).